Phantom Movie- HUH??

I FINALLY saw the Phantom movie last night, and I must admit I was quite dissappointed. My friend and I were SO confused during most of it because we couldn't understand/hear most of the lyrics. Neither of us have ever seen the show. Did anyone else have this problem?
I was hoping you guys could clear up some questions I had. Thanks.
1)At the end, when the Phantom captures Christine and Raoul comes to save her and gets tied up, what exactly was the choice Christine had to make? Was it: Stay with the Phantom or Raoul dies?
2) Christine decided to stay with the Phantom, right? I mean, she kissed him... So then why did the Phantom let them go?
3)Who were the old man and woman in the black/white parts supposed to be? I wasn't sure.

Thanks for any answers.

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Updated On: 5/22/05 at 12:35 PM

Umm, wrong. The old woman is Meg Giry at the end...Raoul is much older than that "woman" at the end, and the years make sense for it to be Meg...

Updated On: 5/22/05 at 12:40 PM

we've had the discussion about if its meg or madam giry before and we weren't sure... but he DOES say madame giry, which makes it unclear because why would meg be a madame giry... she kept her last name? so who knows...

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Yes, this has been debated much times and I'm positive it was Madame Giry. The biggest example was if Meg was Madame, she would no longer be Giry. Also, there was no interaction between Meg and Raoul why would it obviously seem like they knew each other? and also, well gotta stop bringing this book up, but Susan Kay's "Phantom" at the end says Raoul looked much older than he really was due to circumstances, not necessarily that ALW was using this version, but it still makes sense that he would look older than Madame Giry.

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Elphie:

I also watched POTO last night, and maybe because I was watching and posting or something, but I thought it was relatively boring. I did have the closed captioning on, and that made a world of difference, but still - it was pretty (especially the scene at the tomb), but it just sort of fell flat to me... nice to know I wasn't the only one!

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I always thought it was little Giry and Raoul. shows how much I know!

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I find that the diction in the first "Hannibal" sequence to be horrible. Maybe that was to be the intended point with Carlotta; but I really had to listen. I thought the movie played a bit better in the theatres. At home it falls very flat.

I saw it for the first time last night too. The movie actually cleared up a lot of the story for me that didn't come across in the show and some of the lyrics I was able to understand for the first time. There were things I liked and disliked about as with anything. I loved Patrick Wilson. Gerard Butler-talk about flat, but pretty good for someone who had never sung before. I was dissapointed with the phantom's makeup.

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Emmy Rossum's voice is very soft. It would probably be hardest to hear her though. But when all else fails, just look up the lyrics or find that darned remote.

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I had no problem making out the words, and I agree - it's a beautiful translation of the stage show. More than I hoped for, actually.

The last scene was sort of hard the separate the words, and some other times. You could understand it, but it just seemed hectic because you can't really tell who's saying what. Otherwise, I thought it was a pretty decent production.

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...I thought Gerard Butler was great. According to articles and the special features, they werent looking for a really great singer, but someone with a deep powerful dark voice. Which was what Gerard gave. Plus, that man is amazing at acting.


...I loved the movie with the biggest passion. One of my favorites.

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Yeah, I never found anything wrong with Emmy at all. She's pretty, a great actress, and a beautiful beautiful voice.

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